BERWICK AREA HIGH SCHOOL HONORS SOCIAL STUDIES TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C. Tentative Itinerary - MARCH 30, 2012 5:20am –5:40 – student drop off, check-in and bag check (Varsity Gym) 5:45am – Depart BHS (prompt) 10:30am – arrive in Washington, D.C. – U.S. Capitol Building www.aoc.gov - Visitor’s Center – security check, film, displays, food *lunch? www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/Restaurant/ ($$ cost paid by student – food also available at other venues from 1-4pm) 11:50 & 12:20 – Capitol Building tour 1:00pm – 4:30pm Choose from one of the six options below: MuseumsTour one or more of the Smithsonian Institute’s collections on the National Mall (No admission fees) àwww.si.edu/museums/ National Air & Space Museum àwww.nasm.si.edu National Museum of the American Indian àwww.nmai.si.edu (click àVisitor InformationàNMAI Washington,DC ) National Museum of American History àwww.americanhistory.si.edu Museum of Natural History àwww.mnh.si.edu Nat. Mus. Of African American History & Culture àwww.nmaahc.si.edu (opens 2015)
Museum-NPG(separate from above) National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum (no fee) à www.npg.si.edu/inform/visit.html (after viewing general info click on Exhibitions) Ford’s Theatre àwww.nps.gov/foth/ Peterson House (house where Lincoln died) (no fee) Other locations – decided amongst group (no fees)
Memorial – Walking tour of Arlington National Cemetery (No admission fee) http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/index.htm - click on Historical Information for a directory of those interned here: thousands of military veterans, 2 Presidents, Challenger Astronauts, military heroes, explorers, Pierre L’Enfant and the Tomb of the Unknown soldiers - for information on the Changing of the Guard ceremony - click on àCeremonies - scroll to Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknowns - click on àMore
Mini-Marathon – Walking view of the White House, Old Executive Office building, memorial parks, statues, WW II Memorial and Washington Monument (4 miles)
4:30pm-use of Metro(subway system-www.wmata.com)to Arlington Cemetery to meet bus ($2.15-cost included) 5:00pm - dinner at O’Donovan Dining Hall, Georgetown University. (www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSE/Georgetown/ResidentialDining/ $15.00-cost included) approx 6:30 pm– depart DC area approx 11:30pm - arrive at BHS (Varsity Gym)
National Museum of the American Indian – “By the People” by Thomas Hayden September 2004
- “A Long Time Coming” by Ben Nighthorse Campbell. September 2004
TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tentative Itinerary - MARCH 30, 2012
5:20am –5:40 – student drop off, check-in and bag check (Varsity Gym)
5:45am – Depart BHS (prompt)
10:30am – arrive in Washington, D.C. – U.S. Capitol Building www.aoc.gov
- Visitor’s Center – security check, film, displays, food
*lunch? www.visitthecapitol.gov/Visit/Restaurant/
($$ cost paid by student – food also available at other venues from 1-4pm)
11:50 & 12:20 – Capitol Building tour
1:00pm – 4:30pm Choose from one of the six options below:
MuseumsTour one or more of the Smithsonian Institute’s collections on the National Mall (No admission fees) à www.si.edu/museums/
National Air & Space Museum à www.nasm.si.edu
National Museum of the American Indian à www.nmai.si.edu
(click à Visitor Information à NMAI Washington,DC )
National Museum of American History à www.americanhistory.si.edu
Museum of Natural History à www.mnh.si.edu
Nat. Mus. Of African American History & Culture à www.nmaahc.si.edu (opens 2015)
Museum-NPG(separate from above)
National Portrait Gallery/American Art Museum (no fee) à
www.npg.si.edu/inform/visit.html (after viewing general info click on Exhibitions)
Ford’s Theatre à www.nps.gov/foth/
Peterson House (house where Lincoln died) (no fee)
Other locations – decided amongst group (no fees)
US Holocaust Memorial Museum–not available
Monuments – Walking tour (3.5 miles) of the monuments on the National Mall (no fees)
map available www.nps.gov/nama/planyourvisit/upload/NACCmap1.pdf (53% to print)
Descriptions of monuments: http://www.washington-landmarks.com/mall.html
Lincoln Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial http://thewall-usa.com/index.asp#search
Korean War Memorial Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial www.mlkmemorial.org/
FDR Memorial www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm Jefferson Memorial www.nps.gov/thje/index.htm
WW II Memorial www.wwiimemorial.com
Memorial – Walking tour of Arlington National Cemetery (No admission fee)
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/index.htm
- click on Historical Information for a directory of those interned here:
thousands of military veterans, 2 Presidents, Challenger Astronauts,
military heroes, explorers, Pierre L’Enfant and
the Tomb of the Unknown soldiers
- for information on the Changing of the Guard ceremony
- click on àCeremonies
- scroll to Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknowns
- click on à More
Mini-Marathon – Walking view of the White House, Old Executive Office building, memorial parks, statues, WW II Memorial and Washington Monument (4 miles)
4:30pm-use of Metro(subway system-www.wmata.com)to Arlington Cemetery to meet bus ($2.15-cost included)
5:00pm - dinner at O’Donovan Dining Hall, Georgetown University. (www.campusdish.com/en-US/CSE/Georgetown/ResidentialDining/ $15.00-cost included)
approx 6:30 pm– depart DC area
approx 11:30pm - arrive at BHS (Varsity Gym)
Washington, D.C.
Smithsonian Articles
Washington, D.C. – “A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C.” by Kenneth R. Fletcher. May 1, 2008
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/brief-history-of-lenfant.html >
Washington, D.C. – “History and Heritage”
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/destination-hunter/north-america/united-states/east/washington-dc/washingtondc-history-heritage.html?c=y&page=2 >
Washington, D.C. – “Landmarks and Points of Interest”
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/destination-hunter/north-america/united-states/east/washington-dc/washingtondc-landmarks-points-of-interest.html?c=y&page=1 >
U.S. Capitol building – “Capitol Fellow” by Fergus Bordewich December 2008
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Capitol-Fellow.html >
Arlington Cemetery – “The Battle of Arlington” (How Arlington Cemetery Came To Be) by Robert M. Poole. November 2009. Adapted from On Hallowed Ground by Robert Poole 2009 Walker & Company.
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Battle-of-Arlington.html# >
Arlington Cemetery – Video “The Residents of Arlington”
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/videos/The-Residents-of-Arlington-Cemetery.html >
Library of Congress: first map labeled with “America” – “Putting America on the Map” (The Waldseemuller Map – Charting the New World) by Toby Lester. December 2009
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Waldseemuller-Map-Charting-the-New-World.html >
National Museum of the American Indian – “By the People” by Thomas Hayden September 2004
- “A Long Time Coming” by Ben Nighthorse Campbell. September 2004
National Portrait Gallery – “Back to the Future” by Adam Goodheart. July 2006
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/patent.html >
Museum of American Art – “Grand Reopening: Speaking of Art” by Arthur Lubow. July 2006
< http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/saam_npg.html >